Day’s Worst: Father claimed very-much-alive 7-year-old was dead

Police say Jason McCoy, of New Castle, reported that his 7-year-old son Seth, had died at a Denver hospital last month. The truth, however, is that the child is still alive and police are worried about what might have transpired during the last five weeks.

The Post-Independent reported the bizarre tale, including the submission of an obituary to the newspaper, claiming Seth had died Aug. 8 at Children’s Hospital.

The 7-year-old is living in the Denver area with his mother, the newspaper reported. She doesn’t know why the father would have made such a claim either. She told the Post-Independent the father knows “damn well” the boy is alive.

Vincent Carroll is The Denver Post's editorial page editor. He has been writing commentary on politics and public policy in Colorado since 1982 and was originally with the Rocky Mountain News, where he was also editor of the editorial pages until that newspaper gave up the ghost in 2009.

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